원정 개요

After central BC established, each member has his own with own tent, food, fuel, etc., but sometimes shared tents when 1st climbers reached a site. Had no Tibetan helpers even to get supplies to 5700m camp and most climbers had to shuttle loads 3 times. Robert Strouhal skied down from 7600 to 6000m (to glacier).

-35 degrees C at C3 in high winds turned some members back and gave 2 men frostbite.

Walters reached C3 then ran out of food and fuel and weather bad.

Schmuck has complained to Nepalese tourism ministry about American and Chilean expeditions crossing border and going onto his team's route. (Graf said on 5 May in KTM Chinese liaison officer was very angry about Chileans and Americans having crossed onto Tibetan side of Cho Oyu and seized several of their passports and trekking permits).


Eberhard Jurgalski - February 2012

Hans Pree told Eberhard Jurgalski by phone in March 2006 that he stopped at the summit plateau.